For more than 132 years, Washington state has grappled with how to treat and care for residents who have serious mental illnesses. The choices made by our predecessors have helped shape our ...

The family of a Tri-Cities man who died after being found bloody and unconscious on the floor of an Eastern State Hospital restroom has filed a lawsuit claiming the hospital is at fault.

Eastern State Hospital, in Medical Lake, is one of two state psychiatric hospitals. Washington state's two psychiatric hospitals have been the subject of scrutiny for years.

Mark Kettner has resigned as CEO of Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Wash., amid a state investigation into the pyschiatric hospital's handling of a case involving a former nurse charged ...

The Herald-Leader’s yearlong series on Lexington’s 250-year history spotlights Eastern State Hospital and its role in the city’s mental health care.

Construction is ramping up at a new state psychiatric hospital as Washington works to meet continued demand for treatment of people accused of crimes.

"Eastern State Hospital workers, represented by Local 782 of the Washington Federation of State Employees/AFSCME, are deeply saddened by this morning's tragedy that took the life of a male patient.

This new hospital would bump the number of the state’s psychiatric hospitals to three, the other two being the troubled Western State Hospital in Lakewood and Eastern State Hospital in Cheney.

Former Virginia Mental Health Commissioner King Davis, a featured speaker, was struck by the absence of another state mental institution, now known as Central State Hospital near Petersburg.

The Chief Executive Officer of Eastern State Hospital resigned this week after an investigation found his administration mishandled domestic violence allegations against a former nurse now charged ...

The Washington Territorial Legislature commissioned a new mental hospital for the region’s east side in 1886. Western State Hospital, which had opened in 1871 in the old barracks at Ft ...

SPOKANE, Wash - The family of a man killed by a fellow patient at Eastern State Hospital wants the state of Washington to pay for the crime.